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title: colonist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «colonist» in the school dictionary: A colonist is a person who goes to live in a new land that is ruled by their home country, or who settles a new colony. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# colonist

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**Who acts:** colonist, person, home country, history, colonists, Many colonists · **What happens:** be, go, live, rule, settle, mean · **To what, where:** person, new land, new colony, first settlers, small wooden houses, river

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«colonist» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [colonist in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/colonist.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A colonist is a person who goes to live in a new land that is ruled by their home country, or who settles a new colony.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:m1:1
# text = A colonist is a person who goes to live in a new land that is ruled by their home country, or who settles a new colony.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colonist	colonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	settles	settle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a colonist | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  | a new land |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 4 | **rule** | present · passive | their home country | a new land |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 5 | **settle** | present |  | a new colony |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme colony=Location |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In history it often means the first settlers from Europe in places such as America, Australia or New Zealand.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:m2:1
# text = In history it often means the first settlers from Europe in places such as America, Australia or New Zealand.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	settlers	settler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
20	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | history | the first settlers |  |  |  | from Europe; in places such America and Australia or New Zealand; in history; often *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot settler=Theme in history=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The colonists built small wooden houses near the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x1:1
# text = The colonists built small wooden houses near the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the colonists | small wooden houses |  | the river |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many colonists died during the first hard winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x2:1
# text = Many colonists died during the first hard winter.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Many colonists |  |  |  | winter |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The colonists traded with the local people for food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x3:1
# text = The colonists traded with the local people for food.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past | the colonists |  |  |  |  | with the local people; for food | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with people=Co-Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The American colonists did not want to pay taxes to Britain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x4:1
# text = The American colonists did not want to pay taxes to Britain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the American colonists |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the American colonists *not said here* | taxes | Britain |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aboriginal people had lived in Australia long before the colonists arrived.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x5:1
# text = Aboriginal people had lived in Australia long before the colonists arrived.
1	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect | Aboriginal people |  |  | Australia |  | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the colonists |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, colonists on Mars grow potatoes in domes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x6:1
# text = In the story, colonists on Mars grow potatoes in domes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	domes	dome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | colonists on Mars | potatoes |  | the story |  | in domes | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location potato=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class acted out a meeting between colonists and Native leaders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x7:1
# text = Our class acted out a meeting between colonists and Native leaders.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	Native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act out** | past | Our class | a meeting |  |  |  | between colonists and Native leaders | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent meeting=Eventuality |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This divinity was introduced into Crete by its first colonists from Phrygia, in Asia Minor, in which country she was worshipped under the name of Cybele.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonist:x8:1
# text = This divinity was introduced into Crete by its first colonists from Phrygia, in Asia Minor, in which country she was worshipped under the name of Cybele.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	divinity	divinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	colonists	colonist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Phrygia	Phrygia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
16	Minor	Minor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	20	det	_	_
20	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
24	under	under	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Cybele	Cybele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past · passive | divinity's first colonists from Phrygia | this divinity |  | Crete |  | in Asia | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **worshipp** | past · passive |  | Asia |  | which country |  | under the name of Cybele | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | Cybele |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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